Teachers reveal the funniest wrong answers their students have ever given

Teachers know better than anyone that kids can be brutally honest — and unintentionally hilarious.

Teachers on Reddit recently got a chance to share their best examples of this phenomenon when an AskReddit thread posed a simple question: "What's the funniest answer you've gotten from a student that technically wasn't wrong?"

Here are the 18 best responses from educators of all grade levels.

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"My first grade class was learning the word 'powerful.'"

"My first grade class was learning the word 'powerful.' Kids came up with examples of powerful things and people, like elephants and superman. Then one boy said, 'Babies are powerful because they can cry and get whatever they want.'" - Redditor Hiciao

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"I asked, 'When is a time you have used integrity?'"

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"I asked, 'When is a time you have used integrity?' [A student] wrote down, 'I wash my hands after going to the bathroom, even if no one is in there.'" - Redditor adjer

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"I asked a 3-year-old what love was."

"I asked a 3-year-old what 'love' was for a Valentine's Day card to his parents. His response: 'Maybe love is what tornadoes need.' We call him 'the professor' because he teaches us new things every day." - Redditor FeelThe_Byrne

"Way too difficult."

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"I had my students do an activity where they had to give directions based off of a map and situations I had chosen. The final question was more complex, and one of my students wrote, 'Way too difficult, take a cab.'" - Redditor connietsunami

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"What's one of the first things you throw out of the window when you drink alcohol?"

"In nutrition class at [community college], the teacher asks, 'What's one of the first things you throw out of the window when you drink alcohol?' This kid just mumbles: 'standards.'" - Redditor Mr_TubbZ

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"One student asked if she could write down my name."

"I'm a white guy teaching ESL in Asia. My students were tasked to complete the simile, 'The old man's hair was as white as _____ .' One student asked if she could write down my name." - Redditor PapaSmurf1502

"There was a boy that got his recess taken away and I was the one punishing him."

"I was doing my student teaching, and there was a boy that got his recess taken away and I was the one supposed to be punishing him. His problem was that he talked and talked and talked. So I ask him, 'What could we do to help you focus better?' He thinks for a solid minute and replies, 'Ice cream.' Couldn't help but laugh." - Redditor maroonmallard

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"Do you have any further comments?"

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"I was reading through my evaluations at the end of the semester, and the last question was 'Do you have any further comments?' One of my students wrote, 'My favorite band is the Red Hot Chili Peppers.'" - Redditor mermaid27

"I was giving the puberty lesson to some 5th grade boys."

"[I] was giving the puberty lesson to some 5th grade boys. Told them they'd see their friends and the girls get taller, voice[s] becoming deeper, and they'll [get] bumps on their faces and chins. [A] kid raises his hand [and says,] 'My mom said not to kiss girls with bumps on their lips.'" - Redditor ciprock

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"Not enough information."

"I am not a teacher, but my wife is an elementary school teacher. The kids were practicing their twos times tables and the question said something along the lines of, 'John lives in his house with his mom, dad, brother, and grandpa. How many total hands do the people in John's house have all together?' The answer they were looking for was 10 and they wanted the students to show that 2×5=10. This young man instead wrote, 'Not enough information. What if someone lost a hand?' He wasn't wrong. My wife just wrote, 'Good thinking' on his assignment and gave him full credit." - Redditor Shostakovich22

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"Easily my favorite memory of that class."

"I worked in a special needs class for a year and there was the one kid with a textbook case of Asperger Syndrome. Very bright, very tough nut to crack. I tried to tell him a corny joke once and he was not having it.